Nov 29, 2020                               
Dear Pre-K Parents,
           
          I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is well rested.  Christmas is our next holiday we have a lot to do.

            On Thursday, Dec. 3  we will have BLACK and WHITE DAY. Please dress your child and/or send in something black and white for your child to  "show and tell” about. As usual uniforms do NOT need to be worn. This is our LAST color day. Thank-you again for your cooperation by always dressing your child in the color day color and for sending something in for your child to talk about at show and tell.

         This week we will focus on comparing and contrasting many Gingerbread man books. We will begin to learn about Advent, learn the Letter I, practice writing their first name and begin to make some Christmas art projects.
      
          * Wednesday, December 2 is a half day for Professional Development. Dismissal is at 10:50 am* 

There is NO school on Thursday, Dec 10. This is when our Parent-Teacher conferences will take place. They will take place virtually. More information and your time will follow soon.

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             Please remember to be prompt in the morning. The children are to be brought to school at 8:45 am and picked up in the afternoon at 2:20. We should not be arriving or dismissing with the other Prek class. The times have been staggered to keep the children healthy. Thank you for making the effort to be prompt. ALMOST everyone is coming on time!

I emailed you an invitation for google classroom . Please keep this handy in case they are needed later in the year. For now only the virtual children will be using this. You do not need to send me the children's work as they are in school.

*Remember to fill out the student health check form EVERY SUNDAY . It is located on this class page. Just click on the link. If it is not filled out your child will not be allowed to attend school on Monday . *


Please remember to check this class page every couple of days. Sometimes things change during the week and I will post updates here.

 
VIRTUAL PARENTS-
  
       Wednesday is an early dismissal day. We will only be meeting once at 9:05.

           This week we will be having our last color day on Thursday, Dec 3. It will be Black and White day. Please join in and dress your child in black and white and have something prepared for them to "show and tell" about. 
        
            Don't forget to keep current with picking up your Seeds and My Big World magazines.  I will be using "Seeds" on Monday at 11:15 . 
     
          In class the children are practicing writing their first name. Please practice this with your child at home as well. 

   ***  Our Parent Teacher conferences will take place on Thursday Dec 10. More information and time will follow. I will NEED to test your child soon. I need to test them when the classroom is quiet. I would like to do this testing around 8:15 in the morning before the class arrives or after school at 2:30 when they leave to go home. Please email and let me know what is more convenient and we can arrange the day. Thank you. **

              This week there is a change in specials for your child. For the next 8 weeks we will not be having art but instead will have music. Please take notice of change in times and days.  Make every effort to join in for music class. Your child will really enjoy it.  FOR MUSIC YOU MUST SIGN IN USING THE MUSIC CODE NOT THE CLASS CODE. Not everyone has come to music yet. Please let me know if you are having problems. Unfortunately there is no music class this week because of our early dismissal and day off. Please try and sign in the following week. 

 *For music-Go to google classroom and hit the plus button at the top right corner, then click join class. From there enter the code. You can sign in using the music code jw54gi6 . Please let me know if there are any more problems. 

    
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Please make every effort to have your child be at ALL of the scheduled meeting times. These meetings are their school time and the children should try and focus on school.  Many of the children are STILL not attending all 3 meetings. It is important that they be present for all the meetings. Each meeting is part of the curriculum that is required in Pre-K. 

 Please DO NOT  have them EAT during these lessons. Children are still eating and not paying attention during the lesson. The goal is to try and prepare them for kindergarten and they would not be eating if they were in the classroom.

Please do not let your child play with toys during the lessons.

 Please show your child how to use the MUTE BUTTON.
Sometimes it is very noisy and would be helpful if they could mute and  unmute themselves.  If I mute them I cannot unmute them.

Thank You. 


*From now on please look for your child's work under classwork and download it and when completed send it to me. Please send me their completed work each day. This is the classwork and projects the children in class are doing in school. Let's keep them all working at the same place.
Thank you for sending me their work . Please continue to do so on a daily basis!
                         Thank you for all your hard work and understanding.
                             
                                                                               Sincerely,
                                                                             Mrs. Onorato 
                                  

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1 scissors -child size                              2 hand sanitizers
6 glue sticks                                            2 paper towels
2 pencils                                                  2 baby wipes
1 box of Crayola crayons-8 count large size       2 boxes of tissues
*1 bottle of elmer's glue

There is so much fun and learning waiting for your child to experience!

This will be a fun and exciting year as your child prepares for Kindergarten. We will be learning about letters, numbers, shapes, colors, seasons, holidays, animals, community helpers, fire safety, nutrition, life cycles of a butterfly and frog, insects, dinosaurs, do STEM activites and so much more!

We will be learning all about Jesus and being kind to each other and how to be a "bucket filler"

"Start children on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it"
Proverb 22:6